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THE MONETT WEEKLY TIMES. FRIDAY, MARCH 28. 1919.
SIX BILLION IN
LIBLRTY LOAN DRIVE
Tax Ktttirn of $1,001,000,000 Is Last
Milestone Befo.e Bond Campaign.
Washington, March 22. With the
tinouncement today that collections
torn the first 25 per cent installment
eymcnt of income and profits taxes
jast Saturday amounced to $1,001,000,
000 and might go higher with later re
ports the last financial millstone pre
ceding the Victory Liberty Loan had
been passed, and it seems probably
that the loan will be for approxi
mately $6,000,000,000.
CHEAP CAR NOT ON
MARKET SOON
Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford
Motor Company, writes to the Ford
agents to advise their patrons that
the proposed new car to be manu
factured by Henry Ford will not be on
the market soon.
He says that many of the reports
afloat and greatly exaggerated. A new
car may be manufactured but that one
could not possibly be designed, tested
out, manufactured and marketed in
quantities under two or three years
time.
In the meantime the Ford Motor
Company is putting out Ford cars at a
rapid rate in the effort to keep up
with the demand.
LAST OF CASUALTIES IN
WAR NOW BEING PUBLISHED
Washington, March 25. The last
of the real American casualty lists
in the world war now are being pub
lished in the daily newspapers and
within the next few days the lists
will contain practically only the
names of those who have died or been
injured since the armistice. The
names of the few given as killed in
action r-e those of men for whom ex
ten.Ietl investigation had been neces
sary to establish proof of death.
Daily casualty lists will continue to
be '..-re', however, indefinitely, as
Ion,; nr. the expeditiously forces re
main in Uu ope, or there u an army
of occupation in Germany, there will
be deaths from disease. The next of
kin will continue to receive the same
official notifications from the war de
partment, but the daily publication of
names may from now on run further
behind the official telegrams.
THE OLD CLOTHING CAMPAIGN
The clothing collection of the Amer
ican Red Cross is the most vitally im
portant and greatest single undertak
ing the organization has considered
since the ending of the war, for it
comprehends a task double in size of
the clothing collection last year and is
purposed to reach every individual
sufferer among the refugees of the
countries allied with the United. States
In the devastated areas of Europe a
shred of clothing, shoes and bedding
is not to be had, nor can any be manu
factured for the Germans removed or
destroyed all the machinery of the
manufactories. Clothing must be sent
them and continually until the people
are able to reach the stage where they
can take care of themselves. ,
Monett's quota is 700 pounds, only
a small portion of which has yet been
gathered up. Mrs. C. Lewis is chair
man of the local work along this line
and a telephone crJl to her at No. 526
will bring a car to tho door for the
goods.
Tho drive ends Saturday and Monett
should contribute 1000 pounds at least,
to come up to their usual liberal re
sponse to all appeals for aid.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS MEET
The Royal Neighbors -met in reuar
session Tuesday afternoon. Mrj. Lula
J. Anthony, o Webb City, c'lstrict
deputy, was present and gave a short
talk. She will return in May and
start a campaign for naw members.
Refreshments were served.
Southwest Missouri is anxious to
honor the members of the 85th Di
vision, which contains so nany of our
home boys, in a suitable manner.
Congressman McFherson is making an
effort to have the- 128th, 129 and 130th
Machine Gun batallions routed through
Springfield and Joplin and given per
mission to parade at these towns in
-order that they may be shown the
honor they so richly deserve before
they are demobilized at Camp Funa
ton. Civic organizations in this sec
tion should assist Mr. McPherson in
every way possible to bring this a
bout. . ...
MEDICINE VS. FOOD
Do not buy something which you
already have. You have food which
you feed your horses, cattle and sheep
but when you want medicine, buy only
medicine. That is what you get' in B.
A. Thomas' Stock Remedy. We sell it
and guarantee it to be medicine. We
tell you that it will tone up the entire
system of your stock and aid digestion,
thereby causing them to get all the
food value out of the grain that you
feed them.
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIERS
"I 1'
Letter from Chas. Sheehan.
France, Jan 19, 1918
' Dear Folks, Being bilited here in
the Calonne Forest, directly on the
"Sacred Road to Verdun" that the
Crown Prince's hordes so often vainly
essayed to traverse, I made my third
trip to the world famous city today,
and perhaps it would interest you if
I give you a hasty sketch of what 1
saw.
Passing out of the Calonne, about
three kilos east of Verdun, one comes
to the crest of a great basin perhaps
five kilos in width. Just on the op
posite rise of the valley lies the dead
city, and beside it, the ruins of quaint
Tunis, a sister city.
Descending the slope, I was led to
marvel at the shell torn terrain. I think
in all that vast area, there is not a
spot that has not been touched by
German shell fire. Some of the craters
are ancient; some were dug at the
"eleventh hour."
A mist hung, pall-like, over the town
today, and the slanting rays of a late
autumn sun silhoutted the (orn edifices
in ghostly gray against the pale west
ern sky. In the streets of Tunis a
number of Annex outfits were prepar
ing 'chow' I "fell in" with an engineers
detail and shared travel rations with
them. As I ate, I noted a small but
exquisitely beautiful church spire
standing aloft amidst tons of wreck
age. ' Just one big shell went through
the spire. The clock probably stopped
at that instant and yet points to the
hour of 4. Where the church itself
once stood is a mass of grey stone,
powdered and broken, with here and
there a hardy species of weed drawing
sustenance from the moss grown de
bris.
Further down the narrow street a
house that showed signs of being at
one time a rarely beautiful structure,
attracted me, and I entered its open
portals. The floors were mostly
strewn with tiles that had been a roof.
The partitions were partly blown down
and the richly wrought cover, and cor
nices were embedded with shell frag
ments. Yet, unbelievable tho' it seem,
a great mirror of French plate stood
in one wall intact. Such is the ca
price of a bursting shell.
Approaching the entrance to Ver-
dum the most striking object is the
great towers, with their parapetted
tops, that overlook the draw bridge
spanning an ancient moat, which lies
just within the outer walls.
Once within, a person becomes be
wildered by the wanton havoc wrought
on every side and on every hand. Just
overhead is a golden tablet announcing
that Jules r?mebody dealt in some'
thing. Ju.-t what, I don't know, for
that portion of the sign was torn away
perhaps by the self same missile that
demolished yonder front, traces of
whose e!csT.:ice yet remain, as if
proudly defiant of three years When
the skies poured steel instead of rain.
Here is a ruined establishment I de
scry something striking.' It 'is a por
tion of a Singer Sewing machine. No
doubt the place was that of a modiste,
but no other evidence remains the
destruction is complete. There at the
inlerseccion of streets, was a tiny
park. I can picture it, with its easy
benches and great shady plants and
soft lights, as it was; but today it is
a char ed heap of splinters, broken
ro-k and . tatuary.
To the 1 aft, a short block and I stood
i i the salow of a grcnd tathedral.
1'or gen o ptions the bells in those two
massive towers had rung thru' the
days and months and seasons. One
may peep inside now, at the deserted
glory of white and gold, so rarely
beautiful that all the wrath of Hun
batteries could not wholly efface its
splendor. College Marquerite, a
bfasted institution of old Verdun, is
but a ghastly skeleton of broken pil
lars and crumbling walls. Nowhere
can I see a building that escaped be
ing hit. A ruined city indeed. A
place for "dead souls and dogs" as the
French say. '
As I find my way back I am becom
ing more used to the spectres of ruin
ed homes, and devastated buildings,
and I note with more interest the
things that pass.
A train of Amex trucks file by to
ward the great underground bakery.
From another street the tramp, tramp
tramp of an infantry regiment reaches
my ears. Likewise converging toward
the gateway an artillery brigade thun
ders past. '
But whom are these I meet? Shad
ows of men, ill clad, "pale haggard,
unkemp and filthy. And there are
hordes of them, guided on way by
vigilant M. P's.
Ah, they are the unsung heroes, men
of all nations who were in German
prison camps until the fateful eleventh
Now they are making their way back
to the land they fought for.
Beside a giant Canadian walks a
stoop shouldred Serb. The vacant
stare in his eyes show how awful has
been the ordeal, but the big fellow
there's something in his eyes that tells
me he at least sees a way back to St
Thomas, or Winnipeg or Nippesang.
Then comes a mite of a Britisher,
eulogizing on his lame foot in his
nasal twang. Some French, their
bodies emaciated, but their faces a
light, trudge by, and here's an Ameri
can ? The boy is all in, they've surely
tried him mighty hard; but his lean
jaw is set tightly and he plods on. I
pass him a "cig" and he pauses to get
a light. A cavalryman steps up beside
me and digging into his pocket flashes the influx of foreign labor was adopt
out a five f ranee note "Theres a K. C. 'ed todav by the lea8e of nations corn
up the line," he says, "Hot Cocoa, mission. It affirms the right of any
American cakes." The big lad puffs country in the league to control mat
'rxuriouslv at his dear, looks down ters solely within domestic .jurisdiction
at the real money that means real food
and stammers a word of thanks before
we leave him. Follows a party of
Eussians, grizzled and bearded, old
and broken. And then just as 1 reach
the gate, as if to dispel any bitterness
that might have crept into my heart,
I meet a line of khaki clad, happy
negro troops on way to bivouac. "
As I climbed the long slope toward
the distant Calonne, I could but note
the great hill to the left. It is tech
nically known as Hill 200. But the
army calls it "Dead Man's Hill." It
gained this name when the Crown
Prince; madly tried for four months to
break the French lines. Countless
thousands of France's finest manhood
lie up there; but just across the vale
lie equal numbers of the Fatheriands
Prussian Guards. There, regiment af
ter regiment of French 75's were
swept from the earth forever, but each
took its awful toll of Germans before
it's gunners fell.
For many months the two armies
were at a deadlock. Each deemed the
other impossible to move. But early
in October our own boys took a hand.
Foot by foot they beat back the invin
cible Guards of Prussia and on, the
11th they had driven them beyond
Bois deRappe, and were still undaunt
ed by all the machine guns he could
muster. -
Thus a hostile trooper never set foot
within Verdun, even though it was de
vasted by their long range guns. The
price yes it was terrible. But it was
not paid for Verdun, but for the Key
stone between the west and the east.
Had it broken but it did not.
Chief Mech. Chas. J. Sheehan, Bat.
F, 128th F. A., Am. E. F.
Monett Boy Wins in Divisional Show.
Following is an interesting letter
recently received by relatives from
Fred L. Jones, a member of the Sup
ply Company of the 350th Infantry in
the 88th Division, now loqated at
Menaucourt, France:
"I have been very busy attending
horse shows and I took part in two and
in the big Divisional show at Gondre
court. I carried off first prize in the
contest I was in and I am entitled to
seven days' leave. That doesn't count
the time we are traveling.
"We just had a regimental show at
Gineral, France on the 20th day of
February and then the 22nd we had a
brigade show on the same field and at
Gineral and the prize winners from the
regimental show went to the brigade
show and the winners of the brigade
show went to the divisional show at
Gondrecourt. J
"Myself and four other boys entered
in a contest ot unnarnessing iour
horses and dismantling an American
escort wagon, in other words we
were in an oval event and there were
six contestants. We were all at the
end of the oval and there were four
men besides one driver. We unhitched
the four horses, took off the wagon
box, seat, brake, took off the tongue,
lead bars, doubletrees, reach, took off
the wheels, then put ,it all together,
hitched up the team and was the
first wagon out the gate in IVa
minutes and had given our names to
the judge, Lieut. S. R. Wilkinson, be
fore the second wagon came out the
gate and their brake was dragging
the ground, but they got second any
way, it was tne only nrst prize me
350th supply won and we sure had
some good looking horses and mules.
"We had some good track horses
but we only won two seconds on one
half mile and quarter mile hurdle
race. And say, I sure laughed when
they tried to race with mules. Every
time the mules would come around by
the gate they would try to go through
and the man who was last in the race
would generally be the one to win the
first prize. They had Roman races
tandem, hurdle, relay, leading races,
potato and say, I felt like I was out
of France for there is sure some pret
ty country around Gondrecourt.
"I wish you could have seen the
grand parade. It was about five times
as large as the biggest circus you ever
saw. It rained all day the day before
and all day of the show and the day
after, but we are used to the rain, so
the show went on just the same.
"The 88th is supposed to sail in
July."
If you are interested in the progress
of our schools, select your candidates
for positions on the board of edu
cation and see that they make their
announcement in The Times. Elec
tion time is at hand and this important
matter should not be overlooked.
AGREE ON CHANGES
IN LEAGUE PACT
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One Protects Nations Against Influx
, , . i a c jm
of Foreign Labor, Safeguard Mon-
roe Doctrine.
Paris, March 25. An American
amendment to protect nations against
Another important
the league covenant
VIII, which employs
council to formulate
amendment to
affects article
the executive
a' plan for the
reduction of armaments. The league
of the article is altered so as to limit
the powers of the council to a simple
recommendation to the government
affected.
The American peace delegation, it
is understood, has definitely agreed
upon the amendment it will offer to
article X of the covenant of the league
of nations to safeguard the Monroe
doctrine.
The amendment provides that agree
ments under the covenant shall not be
constructed as an infringement upon
the principles of international policies
heretofore generally recognized. Presi
dent Wilson would have offered the
amendment at the meeting of the
league of nations commission last
night, but discovered a slight imper
fection in the text and reserved the
right to submit it later.
As framed, the amendment will be
an appendix to the article pledging
members of the league to respect and
preserve against external aggression
the territorial integrity and existing
political independence of members.
Mention of the Monroe doctrine by
name is avoided purposely.
Inasmuch as President Wilson and
Colonel House on several occasions
have discussed the subject with
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Orlando, it is asumed that the
president assured himself of favorable
action in advance of the submission of
the amendment to the commission.
THE BUILDING SITUATION
Leslie W. Sprague, of the infor
mation department of the United
States Bureau of Labor, says there is
a shortage of 300,000 dwellings. He
has been traveling all-over the United
States. Everywhere he went he found
a scarcity of houses. Rentals were
found to be universially high. In
many places people are very uncom
fortable for lack of homes.
Mr. Sprague in his public address
is endeavoring to encourage people to
go ahead and build now, in spite of
the obstacles of high cost of construc
tion. His statistics go to show that
building has not increased in cost as
much as most commodities. From
this he claims that it is not likely to
be much cheaper later on, so that
nothing is gained by waiting.
Of course the people must have
houses to live m. No town can go
ahead unless it has comfoi1;able quar
ters for its working people. A great
many buildings will be erected this
year, on the theory that it is better
to pay a high cost than get along
without them. But the shortage of
buildings is not likely to be completely
remedied, until contractors and sellers
of materials and employes get to
gether and arrange somehow to re
duce the cost. Springfield Republican.
The members of Eve Rebekah
.Lodge No. 63 wish to express their
appreciation for the large attendance
to the play given for the benefit ot
. j-t i tt i n i .
tneir urpnan xiome w an wnu ui any
way helped to make it a success.
Paul Matthews playing the role , of
Tom Bolton carried out his part with
fine success. Lee Adams played the
villain held the audience in wonder
from the opening of the play until,
the curtain went down on the last act.
Ralston Campbell appearing as Capt.
Hale played his part-well. Si Davis
as Diaz the Mexican carried out his
part both in make up and acting. Oh
yes and Lewis Tucker as Paddy and
Mrs. Tucker as the old maid sure kept
the house in an uproar. May Randplph
played the part of Ernie was a grand
success and Ethel Campbell in Dolores
took her place with ease and grace and
delivered her part well. Mrs Kluber
director of the bill was well
pleased with all who took part in the
play. Much credit is (due both di
rectors and performers.
Our heartfelt thanks is tendered
the Orchestra who played so well for
us during the evening, we feel much
indebted to them for their part In
making our play and the evening a
success. We also thank Mrs. Tritton
for the beautiful flowers used on the
stage and to Mr. Wright for the palms
We regret overlooking the drawing of
our baby but as we were short of help
behind the curtain and after the last
act the crowd began to disperse be
fore we got out in front as so many
had gone we concluded the lodge
would care for the baby a little while
and in the near future will give them
a chance to draw the baby yet.
COMMITTEE.
APRIL 4 DESIGNATED
ARBOR DAY
Jefferson City, Mo., March "25.
Governor Frederick D. Gardner today
. , , .
. issued a proclamation ' designating
. . . T , .
j Friday, April 4, as Arbor day. In his
proclamation, Governor Gardner urged
the planting of trees and shrubbery by
children in the public schools, and sug
gested that they be considered as
memorials to Missouri men who have
died in the world war.
FOR GOOD ROADS
Jefferson ; City, March 25. The
house today by accumulation engross
ed the Morgan-McCullough road bill
designed to provide a system of 6,000
miles of good roads in Missouri, em
bracing every county in the state.
Under the terms of the bill the state
will pay $1,200 a mile toward the cost
of the roads up to a maximum of 50
miles to each county. Any type of
road construction the several counties
may select may be used. , The pro
gram embraced will make federal
funds available for additional ., road
building. -
The bill also provides for the re
organization of the state highway-
department under an executive called
the state highway superintendent, who
shall receive $5,000 a year for his
services, the same salary to be paid
the state highway engineer. :
Debate on the bill was confined to
an effort to reduce the proposed sal
ary which effort failed.
B. F. PASSLEY DIES
B. F. Passley, uncle of Mrs. John
Walsh, died Monday morning at seven
o'clock at his home in Neosho after
an illness of several years duration.
The remains passed through Monett,
Tuesday morning, accompanied by his
widow, enroute to Lebanon where
burial will be made. Mrs. Walsh at
tended the funeral. Mrs. Passley will
return to Monett soon and will make
her home here.
FROM COAST TO COAST
A Remarkable Chain of Home Testi
. mony. And Monett ' Adds Its
, Voice to the Grand Chorus of
Local Praise.
From north to south, from east
to
west;
In every city, every community; ,
In every state in the Union '
Rings out the grateful praise for
Doan's Kidney Pills.
50,000 representative people in
every walk of life ..(,..'.
Publicly testify to quick relief and
lasting results
And it's all for the benefit of fellow
sufferers.
. In this grand chorus of local praise
Monett is well represented.
Well-known Monett people ,
Tell of personal experiences.
Who can ask for better proof
of
merrit?
W. H. Cooper, 1110 E. Bond St.,
says: "I was supject to severe back
aches and rheumatic pains. My kid
neys acted irregularly, too. I started
using Doan's Kidney Pills and they
gave me fine relief and put my kidneys
in good condition. Doan's can be de
pended upon."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
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Doans Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Cooper had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. A. Jones operated upon
Downard, Wednesday , morning,
diseased tonsils and adenoids.
Mrs.
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HUNGARIAN REVOLT
MENACE TO PEACE
Fate -of Several Agents of American
Food Administration in Budapest
-: Unknown.
Washington, March 25. Reports
of an increasing seriousness of the
situation in Hungary led to an opinion
expressed today by an official of the
state department that "the time" had
j come for the allied nations represented
tat Paris to take a definite and firm
stand against Bolshevism." J - ,
Little news of an official nature was
received at the state department dur
ing the day, but dispatches from Paris
indicated that grave apprehension was
felt there as well as in Washington.
Representative of the United States
in Vienna reported today that the food
administration had one or two agents
in Budapest, and it was stated there
might be other Americans there. These
advices said there was no ill feeling
toward Americans or British in Buda
pest, but a strong feeling of hostility
was being manifested against the
French. This, it is believed, is due to
the occupation by French troops of the
neutral zones between Czecho-Slov-akia,
Rumania and Hungary. It is
believed that probably the French
members of the inter-allied mission in
Budapest have been interned, as has
been reported in news dispatcher from
Vienna, but doubt was expressed as
to the inclusion of Americans or
British in the internment order.
It was said by officials that if the
Hungarians actually have declared
war upon the entente powers, as was
threatened in state department . ad
vices made public yesterday, it would
be a natural move for the Hungarians
to attempt to reach the Adriatic and
recover a portion of the Austrian navy
now in the hands of the Jugo-Slavs.
Hungarian leaders, it was said, un
doubtedly would 'recognize the ad
vantage to be gained by striking im
mediately toward the Adriatic before
the authorities in Paris had time to
act. . . '
SHORTHORN CATALOGUES
HAVE WIDE DISTRIBUTION
Clinton Marbut, secretary of the
Southwest Shorthorn Breeders Asso
ciation, says that the catalogue for
their fifth sale has been in much de
mand by breeders of fine cattle. He
has had inquiries from as far away
as Canada; Virginia, ' Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and Kansas. , ;
The Shorthornj has a number of
points of value to the breeder. Ic is a
docile, kind animal, g:7es much size,
has a rich flow ci milk and is equal
to any for beef. ; . .
The animals for the big sale to be
held here, Saturday, are now ail in the
barn ready to be inspected by visiter'?.
The sale will open at 11 o'clock, Satur
day morning, with Col. P.' M. Gross, of
Kansas City, as auctioneer. .
ARBOR DAY
April 4 has been designated Arbor
Day by Governor Gardner. This day
will be observed by many communities
in planting memorial trees to their
soldiers. Every town has public
buildings around which they could
plant trees and beautify the grounds.
In the case of Monett, ,the Central
school building and the city hall are
surrounded, by barren ugly grounds,
which could be improved by the plant
ing of trees, " Other places in the town
need trees which could be planted on
or before .Arbor Day and dedicated
to a soldier or soldiers. "
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